Children Quotes by William Saroyan

9 Children quotes by William Saroyan

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William Saroyan offers nine heartfelt, succinct reflections on children, each echoing his compassionate storytelling. The brief collection gives a warm, human look at youth through his eyes.

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“I watch the growth of spirit in the children who come to my class.”

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Christmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child.

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Kids are always the only future the human race has.

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Of course if you like your kids, if you love them from the moment they begin, you yourself begin all over again,…

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“Death is not an easy thing for anyone to understand, least of all a child, but every life shall one day end.…

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“The child race is fresh, eager, interested, innocent, imaginative, healthy and full of faith, where the adult race, more often than not,…

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“What my children appear to be on the surface is no matter to me. I am fooled neither by gracious manners nor…

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“When I behold other people, who are of course the children of some family or other, and think of my own children,…

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“Zombies have got to do a lot of hanging around together--weaklings, liars, cheaters. Everybody respects them these days, everybody thinks that if…

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Two years ago your father died, Ulysses. But as long as we are alive, as long as we are together, as long as two…

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Cowards are nice, they're interesting, they're gentle, they wouldn't think of shooting down people in a parade from a tower. They want to live,…

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In the time of your life, live - so that in that good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or…

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San Francisco is a world to explore. It is a place where the heart can go on a delightful adventure.

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“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose history is ended, whose…

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There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there could be any at all.

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